Comparison

Printer Friendly for Safari vs StopTheMadness Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Printer Friendly for Safari

This utility extension helps you clean up webpages before printing, saving paper, ink, and money. You can remove unwanted elements like ads, images, and videos, or even edit text directly. It's available across your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Remove ads and junk content
  • Edit webpage text
  • Remove images and videos
  • Apply grayscale theme
  • Save paper, ink, and money
  • Available on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS
Features
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• Available on all your devices: iPhone, iPad and Mac • Printer Friendly for Safari is a handy extension, just a tap away, ready to use whenever you want to change the content of a webpage before printing. Save paper, ink and money before sending the page to the printer. FEATURES • Save paper, ink and money by editing the content of your webpages before printing • Print View: turn any article into a clean page, with your choice of font, text and image size • Update content, remove ads, comments, related articles, navigation or useless junk • Tap to remove any element on the page • Edit any text in the article before sending it to the printer • Remove images, background images & colors • Remove videos, iframes and fixed bars • Apply a grayscale theme (make the content black, white and gray) • Black or draft text, compact layout, smaller images and no borders • Print only the part of the page you select • Undo any change or restore the original page • Save as PDF, or tap Share › Print to preview and print the page SUPPORT We read your support emails every day, day by day. Write with confidence any question, feedback, or complaint, and you will receive an answer in a very short period of time.

About

StopTheMadness Pro

This browser extension enhances your web browsing experience by preventing websites from interfering with standard browser functions and protecting your privacy. It offers a wide array of unique features to regain control over your online interactions.

Highlights
  • Prevent UI feature disabling (text selection, copy/paste)
  • Stop Google AMP and URL tracking parameters
  • Bypass URL shorteners and stop autoplaying media
  • Hide unwanted website banners and elements
  • Customize tab URL editing and font substitution
  • Run custom JavaScript and URL redirects
Features
Currently charting
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StopTheMadness Pro is a web browser extension that stops websites from making your browser harder to use, and it protects your privacy on the web. StopTheMadness Pro is not an ad blocker but rather a one of a kind extension with a huge number of unique features! Made by indie developer Jeff Johnson. The support link has documentation and my email address. StopTheMadness Pro includes extensions for Safari on iOS and iPadOS, Safari, Safari web apps, Chrome, and Firefox on macOS. StopTheMadness Pro is a major update to the beloved StopTheMadness extension, adding automatic iCloud sync of settings between all devices, as well as countless other new features and improvements. StopTheMadness Pro features: • Stop websites from disabling user interface features in your browser such as text selection, copy, cut, and paste, drag and drop, contextual menus, AutoFill, ⌘-key keyboard shortcuts, and 2-finger tap to open links in a new tab • Stop Google AMP • Remove URL query tracking parameters automatically • Stop clickjacking on Google Search, Gmail, Facebook, and DuckDuckGo • Stop hyperlink auditing (anchor "ping") • Stop tracking beacons (Navigator.sendBeacon) • Bypass well-known URL shorteners such as bit.ly, tinyurl, and t.co • Stop autoplaying audio and video • Always show Safari's native video controls, including Picture-in-Picture • Unmute videos automatically on first play • Auto-select video playback speed • Stop Safari from pausing audio in background apps such as Apple Music • Hide "Get the app" banners on Google, Google Maps, DuckDuckGo, IMDb, Quora, Patreon, Reddit, and Tumblr • Hide "Sign in with Google" on all websites • Hide "We'd like to send you some notifications" banners on many websites • Hide elements on web pages with a tap • Edit the tab URL in a large separate window instead of Safari's small address bar • Font substitution on websites • Website-specific CSS and JavaScript • Run custom JavaScript snippets at any time • Custom URL redirects • Stop losing characters in maxlength password fields • Force links to open in the current tab instead of a new tab, or force links to open in a new tab instead of the current tab • Force images to the front so you can drag, use the contextual menu, and save • Stop web animations • Stop websites from overwriting your system clipboard • Show the concealed password in password fields • Stop websites from disabling text replacements in Safari • Stop websites from changing the cursor and hiding the scrollbar • Stop the software keyboard from zooming in the web page • Stop websites from disabling pinch to zoom • Reload the web page on a timer • View and edit web page HTML • And many more!

Screenshots

Printer Friendly for Safari1 screens
StopTheMadness Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Printer Friendly for Safari at $2.99 against StopTheMadness Pro's $14.99. Printer Friendly for Safari also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). StopTheMadness Pro's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 43%) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Printer Friendly for Safari costs $2.99 and StopTheMadness Pro $14.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

StopTheMadness Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StopTheMadness Pro has 206 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Printer Friendly for Safari's written reviews are positive against 82% of StopTheMadness Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Printer Friendly for Safari ships an update every 6 months, StopTheMadness Pro every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Printer Friendly for Safari versus StopTheMadness Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrinter Friendly for SafariStopTheMadness Pro
Price$2.99 — better$14.99
Rating4.3 (12 ratings)4.7 (206 ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews82.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12206 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#65 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenk AlexandruJeff Johnson

Customer experience

Printer Friendly for Safari

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

StopTheMadness Pro

All ratings204 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral2.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews208 reviews
Positive82.2%
Neutral5.8%
Negative12.0%

Bugs and requests

Printer Friendly for Safari

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

StopTheMadness Pro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent behavior with 'Disable on Page' option
  • Unreliable 'Force Link into New Active Tab' functionality

Requested features

3 requests
  • Integrated ad-blocking capabilities
  • Improved visual filtering options (e.g., dark mode)
  • Easier per-site configuration management

In-app purchases

None

Printer Friendly for Safari

No in-app purchases

None

StopTheMadness Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Printer Friendly for Safari free?
Printer Friendly for Safari costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is StopTheMadness Pro free?
StopTheMadness Pro costs $14.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Printer Friendly for Safari or StopTheMadness Pro?
StopTheMadness Pro is rated higher. Printer Friendly for Safari averages 4.3 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while StopTheMadness Pro averages 4.7 from 206 ratings.
Do Printer Friendly for Safari or StopTheMadness Pro have ads?
Neither Printer Friendly for Safari nor StopTheMadness Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Printer Friendly for Safari or StopTheMadness Pro?
Printer Friendly for Safari ships an update every 6 months, and StopTheMadness Pro every 10 days. Most recently, Printer Friendly for Safari was updated on November 3, 2026 and StopTheMadness Pro on November 8, 2026.

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